If you’re worried about your carbon footprint, check out some of the tour operators offering a range of rail travel options. Inghams has launched new train packages to 22 resorts across France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland – and they’re competitively priced against air travel. Or try French company Travelski, which offers packages to Val Thorens, La Plagne, Les Arcs, La Rosière, Tignes, Val d’Isère, Courchevel, Les Menuires, Méribel and Les Deux Alpes that include rail travel, transfers, accommodation and ski passes. You are required to change trains at Lille, but it’s a relatively painless way to start off your ski holiday.